Anamosa Farm Bureau honors Howard Klinetop at Legion hall
The Jones County Farm Bureau and the Anamosa Cow Testing Association held a gathering at the Legion hall honoring tester Howard Klinetop who resigned February 1. Delbert Mayberry of Wyoming will begin as tester this week as seventy-five members and friends praised Klinetop with gifts. A Scotch Grove Future Farmers 4-H club was formed with Maynard Kuhns president and Dick Naylor vice president. The Wise Owl club held a New Year meeting with ten members and plans for the year, including a Valentine exchange at the Voorhies girls’ home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa Cow Testing Association
Legion Hall
Anamosa
Howard Klinetop
Scotch Grove Township
Dick Naylor
Scotch Grove
Maynard Kuhns
Myron Kuhns
Robert Stickley
Alvin Weers
Duane Stickley
LaVern Kuhns
Scotch Grove Future Farmers
Henry Rickless
Wise Owl Club
Jackson Township
W. E. Hay
Evelyn Stivers
Hay
J. E. Porter
Quitten Hudachek
Voorhies
Florence Mardorf
Maretlle 4-H Club installs officers at January meeting
The Maretlle Boys 4-H Club met January 24 at Milo Lacock’s home. Don Meeks presided as officers Robert Peet Milvin Decious Edwin Biewers were installed. County Agent Carl Smith outlined next year’s program and presented a club certificate. Adjournment set for February 22 at C. N. Brown’s home. Refreshments were served by Mrs. Lacock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maretlle Boys
Milo Lacock
Don Meeks
Robert Peet
Milvin Decious
Edwin Biewers
Boyd Frantz
Carl Smith
C. N. Brown
Lacock
Ames 4-H Club Leaders Plan Future Activities
Miss Florence Forbes state club leader from Ames met with local club leaders to discuss future activities. The 4-H girls in Jones county will continue home economics studies and home furnishing education this year, focusing on color design fabrics and room improvements with wisely spent funds. Leaders present included Mrs. William Balsiger Mrs. Ray Fairbanks Mrs. J W Streeter Mrs. W B Clark Miss Agatha Lister Mrs. W E Hay Mrs. Gene Porter Mrs. Paul Smith Mrs. Everett Vrooman Miss Catherine Peet Miss Leola Miller and Mrs 8 S H Ellison chairman of the county club committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Forbes
Ames
Jones
Thisty
Ruskin
William Balsiger
Ray Fairbanks
J. W. Streeter
W. B. Clark
Agatha Lister
W. E. Hay
Gene Porter
Paul Smith
Everett Vrooman
Catherine Peet
Leola Miller
8. H. Ellison
Girls’ County Club
Leghorn Flocks Most Profitable Among Iowa Records
The Iowa State College poultry extension service reports Leghorn flocks were the most profitable over the past year among 60 Iowa calendar record flocks. Prices for poultry and eggs shifted, favoring general purpose breeds as market poultry prices fell then recovered in 1932. Higher revenue from Leghorns reduced expenses per hen to about $1.49.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Poultry Extension Service
Iowa State College
Barley Seed Health Warns Farmers in 1932 Outlook
Iowa State College seed laboratory reports 1932 barley seed scab reduced germination 20 35 percent with infected seeds producing weak plants. Porter urges seed testing and seed treatment with mercury dust, plus selecting scab free land and proper stubble management to prevent infection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa State College Seed Laboratory
R. H. Porter
Porter
Harry
Alcohol in gasoline could steady farm prices say Iowa State experts
Iowa State College economists say converting corn oats wheat and barley into alcohol for motor fuel may create new demand and lift farm prices. Tests show alcohol blended with gasoline boosts power and anti knock. subsidies may be needed temporarily to launch a grain based alcohol industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towa State College
Iowa State College
Middle West
Seaboard
Charles E. Finley
Industrial Science Division
Industrial Science of
Amesowa
Castle Grove Meeting Notes and Local Farm Bureau Activity
Six ladies attended the December 30 follow up on home making goals at the E F Burr home and eight attended January 19 for planned leisure at Bert Kine home led by Miss Anna Hei ken. Districts 6 and 8 hosted meetings while A A Kromminga and W F Hintz joined Ana Mesa farm bureau leaders meet. S M Hosford and Fred Kromminga also attended Anaheim farm bureau directors meeting. No chapel services Sunday due to cold weather. Ground Hog saw his shadow as sub zero temps began. Hosford attended a Cedar Rapids farm bureau readers conference. Claude Mason confined by sinus trouble. Helen Stuart, now with uncle and aunt, returned to Kansas City with her father after mother’s burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. F. Burr
Bert Kine
Anna Heiken
A. A. Kromminga
W. F. Hintz
Farm Bureau
Anamesa
S. M. Hosford
Fred Kromminga
Jones County Farm Bureau
Ground Hog
Mercury
Cedar Rapids
Claude Mason
Helen Stuart
C. A. McLanaghlin
Kansas City
Presbyterian Aid Society
M. M. Sinclair
John Otten
Women's Community Club
Everett Stickley
Lewis Wright
R. A. Naylor
White House
W. B. Henrichs
Naylor
Roosevelt
Albert Schrader
W. B. Clark
Lois Kuhns
Anamosa
Emma Hughes
Richard Hanken
Wilma Craig
Amber
Township Farm Bureau
Louise Kreeb
Raymond Kreeb
John Boland
Monticello
Charles Kreeb
Charles Good
Kline
Harry Paulsen
Lee Streets
Edna ‘Thuman
Glen Streets
Hazel Perkins
Leonard Casteel
Presbyterian Church
Sunbeam Mission Band
Henry Rickless
LaVerne Kuhns
Maynard Kuhns
Robert Stickley
Myron Kuhns
Alvin Weers
Dick Naylor
Dwayne Stingley
Lee Street
Walter Eby
Ames
Farm and Homie
Social visiting and gatherings around Dyersville area
Sand Spring resident Miss Mary Clement visited her mother in Dyersville while Cap Arduser and family dropped in Langworthy. W H Behrends family visited Monticello, with Mrs Alcorn returning greetings. Several couples including Wahl Eilers Coxes Batchelders and Kinz shared a Thursday at Herbert Cox home, with five hundred and chess played. Arduser clan dined at Richland Center Galen Hein home. Arthur Yates and John Bohlken linked a Batchelder gathering after Yates' Cherokee trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Clement
Dyersvill
Sophia Clement
Cap Arduser
Langworthy
Clifford Arduser
W. H. Behrends
J. Alcorn
Monticello
Alcorn
Ernest Wahl
Glenn Eilers
J. L. Batchelder
John Bohlken
Batchelder
Mrs. Yates
Local visits and a farm bureau meeting noted
The Gerd Grafe home at Mallard hosted visitors from Scotch Grove and Hopkinton. Families including the Wrights and the Johnsons called on Mrs Reed. Arduser and Cox guests joined activity in Langworthy and Clin ton visitors stayed with Chaplin. A farm bureau meeting at Chester Lang’s Jan 31 drew a large crowd. The next session at Will Baum’s Feb 28 will cover home grounds improvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerd Grafe
Mallard
John Wright
Joan Alice
Scotch Grove
Frank Johnson
Johnson
Wright
Reed
Hopkinton
Herbert Cox
Clifford Arduser
Langworthy
Fred Leese
Clinton
Ray Chaplin
Farm Bureau
Chester Lang
Will Baum
Presbyterian aid society meeting and community events
A report from Scotch Grove notes a well attended Presbyterian aid society gathering with projects including a completed comforter and another begun for a needy home. Future meetings, 4-H, farm bureau plans, and local performances are announced with dates, hostesses, and program details. Traveling residents and visitors are listed along with routine community updates.
County Contracts And New Bankations In Jones County
The Jones county board of supervisors met last Thursday and awarded gas and oil contracts for county machinery. Standard Oil won the gas bid at five cents per gallon under tank price, Alemite company represented by Matthiesen Bros. won the oil contract. Fourteen bidders submitted bids. The Martello Savings Bank began operating under the new banking law last Monday, becoming the first in Jones county to adopt the system for depositor protection. County officials report plans to provide work for over fifty unemployed residents in recent weeks. Timber tracts near Wyoming and Monticello are being logged on a 50 50 basis, with about twenty five men employed two to three days weekly on bridge work. A new county maintenance shed on highway 117 in east Anamosa employed ten to twelve men. Turkestan alfalfa seed will be stained purple red for its bacterial wilt resistance value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Supervisors
Standard Oil Company
Alemite Company
Matthiesen Bros
Monticello
Martello Savings Bank
Jones County
Wyoming
East Anamosa
Highway 117
Luther League
Fred Buchholtz
Elda Brunscheen
Ronald Holtz
Everett Brunscheen
Wilma Westphal
Louise Woodworth
Ladies’ Aid Society
M. E. Church
W. G. Wherry
Elizabeth Alden
Ruby Roush
Nellie Jansen
Mildred Dusanek
Hazel Reitz
Valda Barber
Martha
Mabel Morse
William Thomsen
Thomas Thomsen
Henry Seeger
Alice
Morley
Nellie Atherton
Martha Sears
Harriet Marshall
Doris Peck
Diana
Erna Holub
Hattie Dieckman
Harriet Peck
Flint
Mich
Chris
Thelma Benson
Mary Jene
Charlene
Loveland
Colo
BE. L. Arhelger
Readlyn
Arhelger
Henry Brunscheen
Clarence
Order of the Eastern Star
Elna Rohwedder
Everready Club
Chris Anderson
B. G. Thomas
California
James French
Dale
Anamosa
Cascade farmer Peter Till dies after illness
Peter Till of Cascade township dies at 3 o clock Monday morning after a three month illness. Born January 29 1869 near Bellevue he was a prominent farmer and stock raiser. He leaves a widow and six children, with siblings and four brothers living in several states. Funeral held at St Marys church Cascade with requiem mass and burial in Cascade cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Till
Cascade Township
Mr. Till
Bellevue
Jackson County
John
Katherine Less Till
Cascade
Mary Kurt
J. B. Albers
Jones County
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Minnesota
State Hospital
Iowa City
John H. Till
Farley
Margaret
Carrie
Leo
Joseph
Francis
A. E. Schuster
Dyersville
A. G. Till
J. B. Till
Mitchell
Nicholas Till
Estelline
S. D
Joseph H. T
Oakland
California
Holy Name Society
Catholic Order of Foresters
Cascade State Bank
St. Mary's Church
Harold Ginter
St. Mary's Cemetery
Crappies Surpass Puppy Guineas In River Experiment
West Union researchers H. A. Schaefer and W. H. Burnham report rapid crappie multiplication after placing six pairs in a Fayette county ice pond in 1930. A recent seining yielded 5 000 fish two thirds crapples and bluegills, with the stock moved to Otten creek under Iowa state fish and game commission direction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Animal Kingdom
H. A. Schaefer
W. H. Burnham
West Union
Turkey River
Schaefer
Mr. Burnham
Fayette County
Iowa State Fish and Game Commission
Otten Creek
State Fish and Game Commission
Wyoming declamatory entries and community notices recap
Nine pupils from Wyoming High entered declamatory contests with entries across humorous and dramatic classes led by Lawrence Goodrick Jacqueline Kinler Verna Hanold Jean Roush Betty Jane Le vien and others. The page also covers weddings club meetings church activities and local sales in Wyoming Iowa with details on dates people and places.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming High School
Lawrence Goodrick
Jacqueline Kinler
Garcia
Verna Hanold
France
Jean Roush
Mercedes
Betty Jane Levien
Antonia
Alex Inglis
Chautauqua
Althea Goodrick
Gretna Greenhorn
Melvin Sievers
Crystal Stoffel
W. N. Morse
Wyoming
Edith
Edmund Jeffrey
Cedar Rapids
Sycamore
Ill
Chicago
Iowa City
Mark H. Morse
Rockwell
A Band
Ruth Massey
Verne Jeffrey
Jeffrey
Dora Jeffrey
Washington High School
School of Engineers
The
State University
Mildred Coburn
Ada
Midland Homemaker Club
Sophie Sievers
Stella Mallicoat
Meta Wolfe
Elizabeth Wherry
Anna Holub
Ben Bahnsen
C. A
Lutheran Church
Raymond Hugeans
Wilma Westphal
Alice Rathje
Noble Grand Circle
Mildred Hood
Bernice French
Denets
Mr. Smith
Open Shed Suitable for Heifers
E N Hansen of Town State college dairy husbandry says any south facing dry draft free shed is suitable for wintering dairy calves. One to two months before freshening the dairyman will find it desirable to place his heifers in the stanchions with the herd to accustom them to surroundings before milking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. N. Hansen
Town State College
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Wise Owl
Martelle Boys
Castle Grove
Turkestan
of the
Creamery Department
Ite
Store and Feeds Department
Financial Statement
Bbdessoreenee
Express
Don Wherry
J. A. Hoegen
W. S. Roush
E. F. Rohwedder
Otto Rohwedder
Paul Levsen
John Holub
Betty Fishwild
Aneta Garside
Black Hawk
Mason City
Des Moines
Saint Paul
Losa
Servidor
F. C. Gaylord
Mgr
Diamond
Mid-Continent Petroleum Corporation
Tulsa
Oklahoma
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